---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards the regulation of knives"
description: "Regards the regulation of knives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "134"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Ohio SB 156 (134)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Local Government", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristina Roegner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-13"
last_action: "2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe82d3fb-0e5f-4b6b-a062-96cdb1301003"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb156/"
source_hash: "18b5900a20074f6e70b99e47eee401c877bf57d49b350d85409bf12371031090"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
---

# Ohio SB 156 (134) — Regards the regulation of knives

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb156/IN/00/sb156_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb156/PH/04/sb156_04_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb156/PS/02/sb156_02_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Government Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb156/RH/03/sb156_03_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Veterans and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb156/RS/01/sb156_01_RS?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/sb156/EN/05/sb156_05_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Reported - Substitute — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **25–7** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **59–32** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **23–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristina Roegner — primary (person)
- Adam Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Alessandro Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Baldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Rulli — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Loychik — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-04-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-26** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-25** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2021-10-20** Reported
- **2021-10-20** Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Reported
- **2022-06-02** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-01** Passed `passage`
- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/13/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe82d3fb-0e5f-4b6b-a062-96cdb1301003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).